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Caballero Aguila Street PaintingStreet painting photos of 'Caballero Aguila' at Festival Bella Via 08 in Monterrey, Mexico. The street painting was created by the team of Cuong Nguyen, Anthony Cappetto, and Marina Escamilla, as a tribute to Mexican artist Jesus Helguera, who created the original art in 1956.

Artisphere International Arts Festival 2008 Photo Album3-D street painting 'Koi Pond' from Rod Tryon and traditional 2D reproduction of 'Mount Parnassus' by street painting artist Hani Shihada.
The street paintings were created for the Artisphere International Arts festival in Greeenville, South Carolina from April 18th through April 20th , 2008.

That being said, now on to where Blog Now will be going this year in 2012...

Wendy and I wish to apologize to our readers for being quiet during the last part of 2011. We admit that we have been very involved with a series of street painting art projects with our other company, Art for After Hours which has kept us particulary busy. While we were in the midst of these activities, we gave serious thought as to how we wanted to make Blog Now even better and more engaging than we have had before. And this is what we are thinking...

Starting this week, Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is moving to posting daily with posts, discussion, and thoughts about street painting art, festivals, and observed developments which we see as our way of sharing our appreciation and attention relevant to a blog such as ours that is "..for artists, festivals, and fans..."

Watch very soon for Blog Nows posting on the winners at the Festival Bella Via 2011, but also short posts about the many artists who created work for the festival who are the backbone of such exciting international street painting art competitions such as this.

There will also be similar coverage short posts from events that we have attended in Saarasota, FL as well as events coming up this year in the USA, Mexico, and Europe through local reporters on the scene, and of course our level, journalistic coverage of festival directors and industry professionals in all locations.

Pictured above: We noticed this street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival and we recalled the life of Toto de Angelis (Straccetto) who left us in 2011. His experience as a Madonnaro in the true sense is an inspiration to every one of us who all who street paint, chalk, screeve anywhere in the world today.

Have a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year from Wendy and I at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv.

January 06, 2011

2011 is going to be a time of growing in the world of street painting art with newer festivals become part of the street painting landscape along with a new generation of street painting artists making their mark on the scene.

Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is happy to be reaching out to festival directors, street painting artists, and the growing fan base around the world discovering our 400 year old plus art form in the world of new media and technologies in a partnership - not a competition - with the live viewing experience one can only have by attending a street painting festival in your area, wherever that might be.

As streetpainting.tv, Wendy and I have been so glad to be part of street painting to interview many artists over the years in Monterrey, Mexico at Festival Bella Via and making new friends in street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last October. We are working on interview videos with artists from Monterrey and Sarasota and plan to have even more videos up and running on the websites and online sources of streetpainting.tv. We can be seen on our streetpainting.tv branded site/channels on YouTube, Facebook Fan Page,Twitter, Livestream and plan to spread into the fabric of social networking and mobility to bring street painting art to as many as possible in the ways that work best for our growing base of viewers with a library closing in on 300 videos and counting.

We are supportive of all the new festivals arising in Europe, around the rest of the world, and across the USA. Streetpainting.tv will be happy to bring our unique one on one interviewing (thanks to Wendy) to any interested festivals anywhere who will be glad to have us on the media team.

Of course, we have not forgotten the festivals that have brought street painting to popularity before the advent of our current internet age such as the festivals of California, such as the I Madonnari in Santa Barbara, and the Italian Street Painting Festival by Youth in Arts in San Rafael and the many others in the USA such as the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival in Florida, the Via Colori Festivals, and the many others across the country.

And then there is Italy, where the art of the Madonnari began, the home of the Competition at Grazie which brought Madonnari together from 1972 after it was thought the art form may have begun to fade away. The importance and tradition of the Italian festivals and the longtime Madonnari is clear and in our respect, a special thanks to our fellow street painters from Italy who bring material for posts to us during the year.

Thanks to all, especially our readers for being a part of our blog and video channel in 2010 and we hope to bring as much street painting to you as we can in 2011.

November 30, 2010

Street painter Anthony Cappetto was asked to create a Holiday-themed street painting for the 'Making Merry in Berry Hill' holiday event in Nashville, TN. His 8' x 18' piece took him 2 1/2 days to complete and was the centerpiece of the event! The people of Berry Hill (a section of Nashville) really enjoyed watching him work as well as the finished 3D anamorphic street painting.

Blog Now on Streetpainting.tv wishes all of our readers a very Happy Holiday Season!

September 12, 2010

The summer has wound down and street painter Michael Macaulay has been busy doing street paintings wherever he can. A few times during the summer his town of East Greenwich, RI hosted a “Main Street Stroll” event. The Main Street Stroll is an event that takes place on the first Thursday of each month between May and September. Between 5pm and 8pm, over 50 artists set up shop and display everything from paintings to hand-made jewelry. Live music can be heard up and down Main Street in East Greenwich as hundreds of people stroll through town looking for treasures and trying food and treats from some of the local restaurants. While displaying his paintings and drawings, Michael also put on a show for passersby, creating street paintings for all to enjoy. Here is a recap of the work Michael created on the sidewalks of East Greenwich this summer.

Michael started the summer season with The ‘Snake Chasing His Tail’ street painting that was completed within a 4' x 4' space and took a little over an hour to complete. This laid the groundwork for what people would expect to see all summer long.

The 4’ x 4’ street painting below was done during July’s Main Street Stroll. The theme for the whole event that month was “Bring Your Dog to Main Street”. So, Michael did a nice, simple street painting of a cocker spaniel in honor of the dogs of the day.

This 5’ x 5’ street painting (below) titled “The Stand Off” took about two hours to complete for the September Main Street Stroll. It was a hit with everyone – especially when they peered into a camera to take a picture of the 3D image. Kids loved this one!

All summer long, people looked forward to seeing what Michael would come up with next. Many stopped by in the hopes that Michael would be hard at work on the sidewalk. They were not disappointed. Michael cannot wait for next summer!

May 08, 2010

Street painter Michael Macaulay has been busy and here is another quick street painting he did a few days ago. Check out the piece he created in just over 60 minutes!

Michael tells us: “The ‘Snake Chasing His Tail’ street painting was completed within a 4' x 4' space and took a little over an hour to complete. The Main Street Stroll is an event that takes place on the first Thursday of each month between May and September. Between 5pm and 8pm, over 50 artists set up shop and display everything from paintings to hand-made jewelry. Live music can be heard up and down Main Street in East Greenwich as hundreds of people stroll through town looking for treasures and trying food and treats from some of the local restaurants. It is a great event for people to get out on a Thursday evening a walk around the quaint, New England Town of East Greenwich.

During the event, some artists paint or draw as people pass by. This year I decided to do that as well. Only I did not paint on canvas or draw on paper. I performed my art on the sidewalk for all to enjoy. I did my first Main Street Stroll street painting and it was very rewarding. People loved to see something different from the ordinary. Kids absolutely loved it! Some little ones even wanted to get down the ground and chalk it up as well. The event was a success and I will be street painting at future Strolls as well.”